Thamarai (film)

Thamarai
Directed by K. K. Rajsirpy
Produced by K. K. Rajsirpy
Written by K. K. Rajsirpy
Starring
Music by Deva
Cinematography A. Karthik Raja
Edited by B. Lenin
V. T. Vijayan
Production
company
Kalai Sirpy
Release dates
  • 19 August 1994
Running time
130 minutes
Country India
Language Tamil

Thamarai is a 1994 Tamil drama film directed and produced by K. K. Rajsirpy. The film features Napoleon, Rupini and Rohini in lead roles. The film had musical score by Deva and was released on 19 August 1994.[1][2][3]

Plot

According to the prophecy, Kali temple has to be shifted in Madurai Veeran temple's place. This prophecy creates troubles between the two communities of the village. In the meantime, Thamarai (Napoleon) comes back from jail to help the "Madurai Veeran" community against the vicious village chief Subbarayan (Rajesh).

Five years back, a brute Thamarai came to Subbarayan's village. Being short-tempered, he clashed against the ruthless Subbarayan many times. Thamarai and Poogodai fell in love with each other but the poor palm wine seller Sarasu (Rupini) developed a soft corner for Thamarai. Poogodai later got married with a rich groom and Thamarai went to jail for cutting the hand of the groom's father. The next day, the groom committed suicide.

During the Madurai Veeran temple festival, Subbarayan plans to demolish the Madurai Veeran temple but Thamarai prevents it. In the confrontation, Sarasu died by saving Thamarai. What transpires next forms the rest of the story.

Cast

  • Napoleon as Thamarai
  • Rupini as Sarasu
  • Rohini as Poogodai
  • Rajesh as Subbarayan
  • S. S. Chandran as Poosari
  • R. Sundarrajan as Veerappan
  • Supergood Kannan as Maniarasu
  • Poorani as Elanji
  • Kavitha
  • Vijaya Chandrika
  • A. K. Veerasamy as Sangili
  • Kumarimuthu as Manickam
  • Suryakanth
  • Krishnamoorthy as Semalai
  • Nalinikanth
  • Bayilvan Ranganathan
  • Vellai Subbiah
  • Thidir Kannaiah
  • Durai Ramachandran
  • A. Madhur Swamy
  • Nadesh
  • Alex as Parisal

Production

Actor Napoleon, who played villains and character roles until then, signed up to play for the first time the hero role. But the film that first got released in which he had played the hero role was Seevalaperi Pandi.[4]

Soundtrack

Thamarai
Soundtrack album by Deva
Released 1994
Recorded 1994
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 28:42
Producer Deva

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Deva. The soundtrack, released in 1994, features 6 tracks with lyrics written by Vairamuthu and Deva.

Track Song Singer(s) Duration
1 'Aattu Mandhaiya Otti Rotta' Mano, Sindhu 4:41
2 'Aththi Maram Pooththathe' Chandrabose 5:09
3 'Enge Then Thuli Iru Kaiyil Ottaamal' Mano, Sunandha 4:55
4 'Madurai Veeran Sami' Swarnalatha 4:59
5 'Mukka Marakka Moonguthaiya' S. P. Sailaja 4:34
6 'Vellai Kili Oruththi' K. S. Chithra 4:47

References

  1. "Thamarai (1994) Tamil Movie". spicyonion.com. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
  2. "Filmography of thamarai". cinesouth.com. Archived from the original on 2007-08-15. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
  3. "Find Tamil Movie Thamarai". jointscene.com. Archived from the original on 2011-03-02. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
  4. "Cine Biography: Napoleon (Part-1)". dinakaran.com. Archived from the original on 2009-07-25. Retrieved 2015-03-09.